Montreal native Andy Kim saw his co-written song recognised by being inducted into the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2006. It has even been surmised that the song they were offered wasn’t “Sugar, Sugar” at all, but “Sugar Man”. As released by The Archies, the songs timing as far as singing, songwriting, producing and even its release date couldnt have been more perfect. Week-by-week music charts, peak chart positions and airplay stats. There have even been speculations that the song was actually offered to The Monkees first by Don Kirschner and various stories have come out about them refusing to perform it ranging from it being “too cheesy” to Mike Nesmith putting his first through a wall. Sugar Sugar by The Archies chart history on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and YouTube. It’s influence on other artists came to the fore when Def Leppard used the line from the song “Pour some sugar on me baby” as the basis for their international hit “Pour Some Sugar On Me”. So popular was the song that Kelloggs even had a copy printed onto some of their cereal boxes that you could cut out and play on your turntable. Baron Longfellow, who was in fact the co-writer Andy Kim, also released it in 1980. 'Sugar, Sugar' by The Archies Official Music Video THE ARCHIE SHOW Peacock Kids 9.59M subscribers Subscribe 9.1K Share 848K views 8 years ago The music video for The Archies number 1. Since it’s success it has been recorded by countless other acts that include Ike & Tina Turner, Bob Marley, Big Youth, Tom Jones and the actor Kurt Russell and it has re-entered the charts on recordings by Wilson Pickett and Stars on 45. Toni Wine even roped in the hand-clapper in the form of the successful singer-songwriter Ray Stevens. Released in 1968, The Archies is the purest expression of the simple, fun sound Jeff Barry was aiming for, with songs about teen love, dancing, grooving, and having a good time. One of them, with this song, marked the peak of success for Bubblegum Music. In fact it was Ron Dante, Andy Kim, Ellie Greenwich and Toni Wine who supplied the vocals on the song with the music being provided by Don Kirschner’s studio musicians. Just great bubblegum mixed with the occasional weird moment and even, as the decade wore on, a little bit of social commentary. The never aging heroes of the teenagers comics and TV show had 16 musical episodes. Marty and his family have a fun night off from the campaign before Tim Watley ends it. It topped the charts in the UK, United States and South Africa and became the “Number One Single of the Year”.Īt the time the group were something of a mystery with no one knowing who the performers were as they were never interviewed and never performed live. The Archies Songs has 5 songs in the following movies and tv shows. It was recorded in 1969 as a track on Everything’s Archie and the resultant single release became an international smash hit. This bubblegum pop song written by Andy Kim and Jeff Barry for The Archies who were a fictional group that appeared in the animated series The Archie Show.
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